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HEARD IN PARIS
Share-Price Gains for Ecco, Bis
Are Anything but Temporary

By

Alan R. KatzAP-Dow Jones News Service

Updated May 23, 1996 12:01 a.m. ET

The ride on a rocket isn't over yet for the two largest French temporary-work agencies, Ecco and Bis, whose respective share prices have jumped by more than 60% this year. But to reap any remaining rewards, investors will have to act soon.

Temporary-employment agencies were thrust into the spotlight this month after Ecco, the world's second-largest interim-work agency; and Adia of Switzerland, the third-largest, said they will merge this year.